Master of the House from Les Miserables (Sung by Thernardier and Mme. Thernardier)
Tabbed by: Chicken Dumplings (chckndmplngs)
Tuning: Standard
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Am(add9)
Welcome M'sier, sit yourself down
Am(add9) E7
And meet the best innkeeper in town
E7
As for the rest, all of them crooks
E7Am(add9)
Rooking the guests and cooking the books
Dm
Seldom do you see
Am(add9)
Honest men like me
B7
A gent of good intent
EF#mE7
Who's content to be
A
Master of the House, doling out the charm
A
Ready with a handshake and an open palm
A
Tells a saucy tale, makes a little stir
AB7
Customers appreciate a bon viveur!
E
Glad to do my friends a favor, doesn't cost me to be nice
EA
But nothing gets you nothing, ev'rything has got a little price
A
Master of the House, keeper of the zoo
A
Ready to relieve them of a sou or two
A
Watering the wine, making up the weight
AB7
Picking up their knick-knacks when they can't see strainght
EC#F#m
Everybody loves a landlord, everybody's bosom friend
DE7A
I do whatever pleases Jesus, don't I bleed them in the end!
A
Master of the House, quick to catch your eye
A
Never wants a passer by to pass him by
A
Servant to the poor, butler to the great
AB7
Comforter, philosopher and lifelong mate
E
Ev'rybody's boon companion
C#/E#F#m
Ev'rybody's chaperone
DE7AAm(add9)
But lock up your valises Jesus, won't I skin you to the bone!
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Enter M'sieur, lay down your load
Am(add9) E7
Unlace yer boots and rest from the road
E7
This weighs a ton, travel's a curse
E7Am(add9)
But here we strive to lighten your purse
Dm
Here the goose is cooked
Am(add9)
Here the fat is friend
B7EF#mE7
And nothing's overlooked till I'm sa-tis-fied
A
Food beyond compare, food beyond belief
A
Mix it in a mincer and pretend it's beef
A
Kidney of a horse, liver of a cat
AB7
Filling up the sausages with this and that
E
Residents are more than welcome, bridal suite is occupied
EA
Reasonable charges plus some little extra on the side
A
Charge 'em for the lice, extra for the mice
A
Two percent for looking in the mirror twice
A
Here a little slice, there a little cut
AB7
Three percent for sleeping with the window shut
EC#
When it comes to fixing prices, there are lots of tricks he knows
D
How it all increases, all them bits and pieces
E7A
Jesus, it's amazing how it grows!
A
Master of the House, quick to catch your eye
A
Never wants a passer by to pass him by
A
Servant to the poor, butler to the great
AB7
Comforter, philosopher and lifelong mate
E
Ev'rybody's boon companion
C#/E#F#m
Give em everything I've got
DE7AEm
Dirty bunch of geezers Jesus, what a sorry little lot!
Em
I used to dream that I would meet a prince.
Am6B
But, God Almighty have you seen what's happened since?
E
Master of the house? Isn't worth my spit!
E
Comforter philosopher and lifelong shit!
E
Cunning little brain, regular Voltaire.
EF#7
Thinks he's quite a lover but there's not much there!
BAbC#m
What a cruel trick of nature, landed me with such a louse.
ABE
God knows how I've lasted living with this bastard in the house!
A
Master of the house, master and a half,
A
comforter, philosopher. Don't make me laugh!
A
Servant to the poor, butler to the great
AB7
Hypocrite and toady and inebriate!
E
Ev'rybody bless our landlord,
C#C#/E#F#m
Ev'rybody bless his spouse.
DE7
Ev'rybody raise a glass
DE7
Raise it up the master's ass!
DE7AD
Everybody raise a glass to the master of the house
ADADA/EEA